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Topic: Southern New Hampshire Guidebook in the works (Read 4856 times)

Hey! I live in Henniker but am currently in Afghanistan ( not climbing!). There is a place in the Minks called, "Devils Den". Hard to explain right now. There don't seem to be any routes established there..maybe toprope. I have cleaned a few routes near Rte. 114 that arent worth mentioning unless you happen to have a flat tire along the road! There are also a few bolted routes in Newbury, to the left just as you reach town center from the south on 103. Wish I could help more! Oh yeah..also some small cliffs near Shaker Hill Road in Henniker. Good luck with the guide. Climbed at marlowe but have no real info.

I agree the slab at the old ski area is just a place the yaggs staff would bring beginners to get a feel for real rock there really isn't even one climb to speak of. The sport routes out in the woods off Burton Peak (right in the same area) are worth mentioning there are about a dozen routes scattered in the woods on individual outcroppings from 5.7 to 5.12 again these were all put in by Dave Quinn and company.

hey pjsi live in new ipswich...can you tell me where the "burton peak" climbs are?...are you referring to what's know as white ledges?...send me a pm if you can...don't rock climb that much anymore, but might!...much appreciation...ed

The current plan is for the ice guide to come out first; followed by the rock guide.

As mentioned before, the idea is to include EVERY venue, whether climbing is currently allowed or not. That way there's a historical record of what's been done and, as access issues change (like Hewes Hill and Stonehouse Pond [now open]), there's info available. As John mentioned, guides to southern NH have been few and far between (the last Saball/Base guides to Pawtuckaway and Rock Rimmon were 1995/1996), so the idea is to include absolutely everything so people have something that is at least complete as of the time of publication. Tracking all of this info down isn't an easy task and requires the climbing community to share information if it wants to have a complete guidebook...

Here's the current list of ICE CLIMBING venues that I know of. Some of the areas are currently off limits, some are small, some rarely form (see paragraph above for the reason why they are on the list). I am sure I am missing some areas and would very much like to hear about them. I need a few more ice flow pictures (hopefully this will be a better winter than last) and then it's ready to go.